The game maker has dumped the first years of nintendo power magazine online digital copies of the discontinued news and strategy publication are available. Since nintendo power switched from a bimonthly magazine to a monthly magazine in may 1990, every other issue is a strategy guide focused on a single game. Download nintendo power issue 1 to 129 videogamesblogger. Read the first 145 issues of nintendo power online pcmag. The new magazine was founded by nintendo of america marketing manager gail tilden in 1988. Everybody got a real kick out of the first issue of nintendo power, so this week i figured i should get around to highlighting the second issue of the nintendo fanboy mag bionic commando is one of the primary nes games that has held up well over the years and has not really been replicated in newer generations. Behold crudely drawn comics of battletoads and other assorted. It was titled nintendo fun club, and was later changed to the magazine nintendo power. Nintendo power produced a series of strategy magazines called official guides from nintendo power. The nintendo fun club news was discontinued in favor of the vastly more expansive and ambitious nintendo power magazine in august 1988. The first one is simply called the official nintendo players guide. Thirteen years worth of digital magazines are available free via the internet archive. Warp back to 1988 with the very first issue of nintendo power the. The first issue of nintendo power made in july of 1988 addeddate 20150602 12.
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The first, julyaugust 1988, issue of the beloved nintendo power is scanned in as a complete pdf file. The magazine, started in 1988, was published by nintendo until future acquired the rights to publish the magazine in 2007. Nintendo power was a monthly nintendo focused magazine based in the united states that also shipped to canada. Every issue of nintendo power has been uploaded to archive.
Buy products related to nintendo power magazine products and see what customers say about nintendo power magazine products on. Tilden left the magazine to promote pokemon in 1998, just when the internet was a mainstream phenomenon, and print magazines began shutting down when they couldnt compete with the minutebyminute updates from online blogs. The copywriting for these was done by leslie swan of nintendo of america. Beginning in 1988 by gail tilden with support from nintendo spokesgamer and fun club president, howard phillips and several nintendo of america employees the magazine was copublished by tokuma shoten in. The first issue of nintendo power made in july of 1988. It was the precursor to nintendo power and as such, we received the magazine from the first issue onward for many years. Behold crudely drawn comics of battletoads and other assorted nintendo characters. Its first issue was free to fun club members, and it was a traditional paid subscription magazine. For some of you, these doubtless offer a trip down.
High flying adventure, march april 1990 by nintendo power. This month future is publishing the very last issue of nintendo power. Our first new issue since the successful conclusion of the nf magazine year 2 subscriptions kickstarter campaign, the road to mario kart 8 focuses its attention on that most famous of kart racing franchises as we examine its entire history, going all the way back to. Promotional strategy guidecomic that came with an issue of nintendo power magazine. New release killer instinct nintendo power exclusive edition issue 1 1996 by eday. Read the first 145 issues of nintendo power online.
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